Adam Moeller on sand, #OM246, #ClipVol, and putting green management in 2024

The ATC Doublecut with Micah Woods

Adam Moeller joined me to discuss how to manage greens in 2024. We talked about his research at Purdue University on sand and bentgrass and coring and N rates, and about clipping volume and OM246 testing and how we might manage turf and look at sands today.

This post got the Doublecut introduction, about how to figure out an estimate of N harvest from clippings, and how to systematically adjust N rate based on turfgrass growth ratio: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/growth-ratio-nitrogen-harvest-and-fertilizer-adjustment/

Adam's website is https://www.moellerconsultingllc.com/

He posted this chart on X showing a particle size distribution curve: https://x.com/AdamMoeller/status/1756301012392960446

Here's another example of a curve from the PACE Turf gallery: https://www.paceturf.org/gallery/detail/s-curve-with-sand-particle-size-of-topdressing-sand-and-om2-sand

We discussed the 2016 article with Todd Lowe on Managing Organic Matter in Putting Greens and the sand topdressing recommendations in that article: https://gsrpdf.lib.msu.edu/?file=/article/moeller-lowe-managing-11-4-16.pdf

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Register for the Canadian Golf Course Management Conference in Niagara Falls at https://ogsa.ca/golfsupers-2025thecanadian/

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Register for my seminar at the GCSAA Conference and Show: https://gcsaaconference.com/education/session-detail?evt_id=737742c0-bb52-4192-ab34-f06c2413df04&ses_id=d85db2dc-ec5b-48c4-820f-57abce2a5193

If you'd like to attend the 15th International Turfgrass Research Conference in Japan, here's a direct link to the conference website: https://itrc2025.turfsociety.com/